People and Independence
Boston Lawyer, defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre
Who was John Adams?
England helped the Americans win what war to start the American Revolution?
Seven Years' War / French & Indian War
Taxes on Molasses & sugar imported to the Colonies.
Sugar Act of 1764
War versus English enemy over land in the Ohio Valley
What is the French and Indian War?
July 4th, 1776
The day the Declaration was agreed upon.
Who was Sam Adams?
Native American led a continued rebellion against the British after the French and Indian War
Who was Pontiac?
Taxed legal and commercial documents, and newspapers.
Stamp Act of 1765
A skirmish between the British troop and Colonists that led to 5 deaths?
The Boston Massacre
The number of parts one whould discover when breaking down the Declaration of Independence
What are four?
Road into the countryside after midnight to warn citizens of British soldiers searching for weapons.
Who was Paul Revere?
Line created to keep American colonists out of new acquired land in the Ohio Valley
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Britain required the colonist to house and feed the British troops.
Quartering Act 1765
Chosen by the 2nd Continental Congress to be general of the Continental Army
Who was George Washington?
Who is Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman
Committee of Five that drafted the Declarations of Independence.
English monarch, who declared the colonies to be in a "state of rebellion" in the 1770's.
Who was King George III?
A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty.
The Boston Tea Party
A series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
Townshend Act
British Troops leave Boston and search the countryside in search of leaders and weapons
Lexington & Concord
These rights are: "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What are the Principles and Beliefs section of the Declaration?
Who was Henry Pelham?
The first time the 13 colonies came together as one government.
The Continental Congress
Acts created to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party
What were the Intolerable or Cohersive Acts?
In preparation for the French & Indian war colonies went to this meeting with Bejamin Franklin
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
Violations of unalienable rights.
Grievances of the colonist.